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Feds seek long sentence in 'Jihad Jane' case

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The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seen at the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The FBI is a governmental agency as a division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) established in 1908. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Federal prosecutors are asking for a lengthy prison sentence for a Pennsylvania woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" online.

Prosecutors say in court papers that Colleen LaRose should spend decades behind bars for plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose work had offended Muslims.

Prosecutors say LaRose's sentencing should serve as a deterrent to "other lonely, vulnerable people who might be enticed by online extremists promising fame and honor."

LaRose and two others convicted in the plot, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez of Colorado and Maryland teen Mohammad Hassan Khalid, face sentencing next week.

LaRose faces a maximum of life in prison. The others could get up to 15 years in prison for conspiring to provide material aid to terrorists.